Kate, I have been told (but have actually read anything that explains the underlying physiology- has anyone else?) that adoptive mothers do not produce colostrum because they do not produce human placental lactogen (ie no placenta to produce it). What little research has been done on the composition of milk from women not recently pregnant is that it is like 'mature' milk. I am somewhat dubious of the idea of 'going back to colostrum' with adoptive mothers but I do wonder how (or if) their milk changes over a lactation. In my own case I certainly did not get anything that looked like colostrum (but then would youu expect to with a 3yo!) but there was a difference in appearance as compared to my previous lactation with my bio child in that the milk was much creamier- I guess there could be many reasons for this from it being associated with the use of Domperidone, my breasts were getting more emptied, differences because it was relactation rather than after pregnancy. Karleen Gribble Australia > this is amazing! Has anyone else seen this? How > about the adoptive moms here? I've always wondered > about the cultures in which the baby isnt' allowed to > nurse during the first days; how could that practice > have survived? I would have assumed greater illness > in those babies; maybe there is, but they might be > compensating for it. *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html